Monsters get ready

Rating: 6/10 (13 February 2014)

Guillermo Del Toro goes 'Mecha-Anime' harking back to the Japanese Kaiju films. It's Godzilla monsters causing mayhem in an updated way.
Less cheesy than the Transformers films, in fact maybe a little bit too po-faced here and there. Del Toro delivers enough action, mayhem and destruction in Pacific Rim.
The plot is generic. The film is set in the 2020s, when Earth is at war with the Kaijus, colossal monsters from a dimensional portal on the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
To combat the monsters, humanity created the Jaegers; gigantic humanoid mecha's each controlled by at least two pilots who have initial success but the monster keep on returning stronger than ever.
Piloting the Jaegers we have standard characters such as a cocky operator, a plucky rookie and a burnt out maverick with bad memories of the past. They put the their differences behind them and learn to work together as the threat the planet face intensifies. Idris Elba is the one who is in charge of them all.
There is comic relief from two bickering scientists and more zaniness when Ron Perlman turns up as a gangster.
Del Toro provides some added cheese to go with the action and a little depth as well. A few plot holes but the film is still enjoyable fun.